KARACHI: A half-naked body of a minor boy was recovered from a graveyard in the New Karachi area of the metropolis, drawing the anger of citizens over police and government’s inaction.
The deceased boy was identified as Abdul Rehman who had been abducted from New Karachi and later his half-naked body was recovered from a local graveyard. Reports said that the minor boy was found dead in the Manghopir graveyard.
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Rescue officials shifted the body to the hospital for post-mortem, whereas, police launched an investigation into the incident.
A senior journalist tweeted the photo of the innocent boy, saying that the boy was allegedly strangled to death by his own trouser, whereas, the investigators found traces of rape. He added that such incidents are neither first nor last ones from the cruel people of society.
نیو کراچی کا پھول جیسا عبدالرحمن پہلے اغواء ہوا پھر مقامی قبرستان سے اسکی برہنہ لاش اس حالت میں ملی کہ اسی کے ٹراؤزر سے گلا گھونٹ ہمیشہ کیلئے اس کلی کو مسل دیا گیا بچے کیساتھ زیادتی کے بھی اشارے ملے ہیں ہمارے معاشرے کے گھٹیا لوگوں کیطرف سے یہ پہلی بار ہے نہ آخری pic.twitter.com/kVFDbZrcpv
— Faizullah Khan (@FaizullahSwati) January 7, 2022
A user commented at the post, saying that it was not the first incident in the area. He wrote that it was the fourth incident in his knowledge and the bodies were also recovered from the same graveyard. The netizen expressed sorrow that such incidents are seemingly unimportant for the state.
اس علاقے میں یہ پہلا واقعہ نہیں ہے۔جو میرے علم میں ہے اس کے مطابق یہ چوتھا واقعہ ہے۔ اتفاق ان کی لاشیں اسی قبرستان سے ملیں۔افسوس سرکار کے لیے یہ غیر اہم واقعات ہیں۔
— Mansoor Ahmed Sheikh🇵🇰 (@mansoorsheikh56) January 7, 2022
Amid the condemnation remarks from the netizens, another tweet emerged for appealing to the people to report the presence of a minor boy who had gone missing from Karachi’s Pathan Colony.
سر پلیز اس کو ریٹویٹ کیجئے کراچی پٹھان کالونی سے 3جنوری 2022سے لاپتہ ہے pic.twitter.com/iTxvtHEsLs
— Muhammad Ghani (@muhamma43235363) January 7, 2022
Rape incidents are consistently increasing in the country as the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Human Rights in 2021 showed over 14,000 rape cases reported in Pakistan during the last four years.
The statistics had been provided to the National Assembly by the Ministry of Human Rights on the basis of the information provided by the National Police Bureau which showed that 16,153 cases of sexual violence against women and workplace harassment were reported.
It may be noted here that the country had passed the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021 last year to establish special courts and the use of modern devices during investigation and trial in rape cases.